Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-06
koff is dead, but the spirit he infused
into the government Of Russia survives

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the action OF the French parliament in
appropriating S25, ZOO, 900 to be expended
in improving the Seine at its mouth.
For many years it has been the desire OF
France to deepen the Seine from its
mouth to Paris, so as to admit ships OF
the deepest draught of water to the very
walls of the great capital, and thereby
practically making it u seaport. 1t was
brought up for discussion several times,
before the deputies, but the idea was
dropped because of the immense expen.
diture such plan entailed. 1t had not
been revived, until this appropriation
was made. when the French papers
looked upon it as being one of series of
installments which would be made from
time to time. and thereby render the plan
feasible, while not overburdcning the
people, The engineers calculated that it
would cost at least 800, ,0O0,0
~
There are many symptoms Of an ap-
preaching reconciliation between the guir-
inal and the vatican. Thus King Hum
bert has just conferred the highest order,
that OF Saint Annunziata, which renders
the posscssor "cousin of the king" on
the Archbishop of Milan, Luigi Nazari di
Calablano. faithful adherent of the
house of Savoy, who has since 1913 been
senator of the empire, and who orte Gre
ated somewhat of a sensation in clerical
circles by celebrating a TIE Deum in
honor of the recovery of Victor Emman-
| uel The pope, on his part, will soon
proclaim the canonzation of the late
| Queen Christine, of Naples wife of Fer
dinand III of Naples (Re Bomba). in
order, it is said, to please Queen Marg-
herita, who is a great admirer of the vir-
tues of that unhappy woman. Altogether
the queen of Italy is by no means free
from popish leanings. She has never. as
is commonly believed, been excommunl-
Gated, as was her royal husband, and has
made it practice to visit St. Peters at
least once year. The clerical papers
have lately made a good deal of capital
out of the fact that during her visit in
Genoa she kissed the episcopal ring on
the hand of the archbishop.
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The statement that Prince Ferdinand is
to 60 to Sofia in August to take the oath
of Office as ruler of Bulgaria need not be
| accepted with entire confidence. He
must be confirmed by tho sultan, with
i the consent of the powers that signed
the treaty of Berlin, before he can be Il
lawful ruler. Russia is known to have
withheld her consent, and France is be-
ileved to have also refused to accept
Prince Ferdinand. on the ground that
| Roumelian delegates were permitted to
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sia's ground. Russia is determined that
! the union of bulgaria and Eastern Rou-
| mella, effected under Prince Alexander,
| shall be undone. Or at least it suits her
| to take that ground at present. Accord
ingly, until some change is effected in
Russian sentiment, Prince Ferdinand is
| likely to lead a safer as well as easier life
at home among his collections of curios-
ties and his jewelry, than at Sofia. ex-
| posed to the intrigues that proved fatal
to Prince Alexander, intrepid and sol
dierly as he was.
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| The Chinese government, under the
lIberalizng influence of the new regime
| of the young emperor. has adopted
curious and significant scheme of getting
at the bottom facts about civilization
outside the flowery empire. A dozen
distinguished young scholars will be Sc
lected upon competitive examination, in
which the chief test will be ability to de-
scribe and apprehend the meaning of
novel things. and they will be sent
abroad for two years to study foreign
countries. Each will get salary of
$3.50 month and $50 for an interpreter
and all their travelling expenses. Each
will follow particular bent in working
up things he knows the most about.
Monthly reports on topography, ethno-
logy, commerce, habits, morality, in
dustries, armament, political institutions,
etc, will be forwarded to Pekin. AT the
end of two years the services of each will
be utilized in the Chinese government in
| such department as he studied to the
most advantage, and those who have
done best will get ennobled.
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| Twenty-Five years ago Ireland had 42S
miles of railroad; now she has 2,515. The
earnings of railroads have increased IN
that time from S2,O90,OOO to Sl3, ,790,0 900.
| The number of schools and pupils in
creased in still greater rates in the same
period of time. Irish savings banks held
$4,000, 600 of deposits in 1852, and sl7O,-
100000 in 1885. These statistics would
indicate that the condition of the people
has undoubtedly improved within the
period named. But this apparent pros
perity does not keep the irish from cmi-
! grating. Irish tenants are being evicted,
and Irish families are coming over to
America IN spite of the improved condi.
ton of the body of the people. There is
something wrong in the government of a
country when outward evidence of pros
perity fails to reconcile people to life in
the country of their birth.
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Francis Joseph of Austria, who, as
usual, spends part of the summer at
lschl, leads there, as IN Vienna, life of
great simplicity. He rises at O'Clock in
the morning and takes long walk in the
mountains. At half-past he returns for
breakfast, which consists Of cup of cof
fee with very little cream Until 3 o'clock
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